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[ 5* ] adorn himfelf with when he fat in State. That he tho't himfelf happy that he had an opportunity to prefent them to Capt. Church, who had won them, &c. fpent the remainder of the night in difcourfe; and gave an account of what mighty fuccefs he had formerly in Wars againft many Nations of Indians, when ferved Afuhmequin^ Philips Father, &c. In the Morning 362 as foon as it was light, the Captain March'd with his Prifoners out of that Swampy Country towards Taunton, met his Lieutenant and Compa- Church. I find no note of their prefervation in Church's houfehold, nor any evidence that the tradition to which Mr. Drake refers, tracing them to the cuftody of a family in Swanfey, [Book of Ind. 239] has any foundation in fadt. It is moft reafonable to fup- pofe that Church turned them over to the Government, and evidence has juft been brought to light which indicates that moft, if not all, of the articles here referred to, were fent as prefents by the Plymouth Governor to King Charles the Second. Dr. Palfrey has depofited with the Mafs. Hiftorical Society the copy of a letter obtained by him from the State-Paper Office [Colonial Papers No. xlvi, Art. 149], from Jofias Window to the king, of date " New Plymouth, 26 June, 1677," in which the Governor craves His Majefty's acceptance " of thefe few Indian rarities, beeing the beft of our fpoyles, and the beft of the ornaments and treafure of fachem Philip the grande Rebell, the moft of them taken from him by Capt. Benjamin Church (a perfon of great loyalty and the moft fuccefsful of our com- manders) when hee was fiayne by him being his Crowne, his gorge, and two belts of theire owne makeing of theire golde and filver." [Mafs. Hifl. Soc. Proceedings, 1863-4, p. 481.] This de- fcription accords very well with that given by Church. The " crowne " was, doubtlefs, the belt " which Philip was wont to put upon his head"; the " gorge " [gorget, " a crefcent-fhaped plate worn round the neck by officers on duty," — Worcefler~\ may have been the " fmall belt with a Star upon the end of it, which he ufed to hang upon his breaft." 361 It has been ufual to regard Maffafoit as a man of peace. Mr. Thatcher 74 fays he " did not diftinguifh himself as a warrior; nor is he known to have been once engaged in any open hoftilities, even with the inimical and powerful tribes who environed his terri- tory." [Ind. Biog.'w 140]. But this teftimony of Annawon, as well as other evidence which might eafilybe cited, in- timates that he was much like other Indians in that refpedb 362 Tuefday, 12 September? ;
[ 5* ] ny, about four Miles out of Town, 363 who expreffed a great deal of joy to fee him again, and faid, 'twas more than ever he expected. They went into Taunton, were civily and kindly treated by the Inhabitants, refrefhed and refted themfelves that night. Early next Morning, 3 '34 the Captain took old Annawon, and half a dozen of his Indian Soul- diers, and his own man, and went to Rhode-IJland, fending the reft of his Company and his Prifoners by his Lieuten- ant to Plymouth. Tarrying two or three days upon the Ifland, he then went to Plymouth, and carryed his Wife and his two Children with him. Capt. Church had been but a little while at Plymouth, before he was informed of a parcel of Indians, that haunted the Woods between Plymouth and Sippican, that did great damage to the EngliJJi in killing their Cattel, Horfes and Swine; and the Captain was foon in purfuit of them: Went out from Plymouth the next Monday 365 in the after- noon; next Morning early 366 they difcovered a Track; the 363 Church would moft likely ftrike him from motives of kindnefs to that the old Taunton and Providence road, chief, left the Plymouth authorities then a trail, near the eaft flank of might make fhort work with him before " Great-Meadow Hill," a half-mile north his return. of the rock where he had encamped; 365 See note 314, ante. It is my imfrom whence it would be nearly eight prefiion that this expedition is here mifmiles to Taunton. As he met his Lieu- placed, really belonging in the laft week tenant about halfway, they muft have of Auguft or the firft week of September, come together a little eaft of the Segre- before Annawon's capture. This Mon- ganfet River, probably not far from the day may, then, have been Monday, 28 prefent residence of G. Dean. Aug., or pofiibly the 4th September. 364 [Wednefday, 13 September?] As 3titi Church himfelf gives fmall clew his occafions led him to Rhode-Ifland, to the geography of this expedition. Church doubtlefs took Annawon with It is obvious, however, that the marau- 175
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CHURCH'S PHILIP'S WAR Part I
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Sije £)iston) King Philip's War By
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JOHN GORHAM PALFREY, D.D., LL.D., W
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PREFATORY NOTE. made to put the pur
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PREFATORY NOTE. fled his grandfathe
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PREFATORY NOTE. an Appendix of fort
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PREFATORY NOTE. tlemen deserve more
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INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR. which, if far
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INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR. b. 9 May, 174S
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. T had been inten
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Entertaining Paflages Relating to m
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TO THE READER. mofl caution to be u
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l^tltp'S WAR 1 [ I Entertaining Paf
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[ I Country, & was pleafed with it;
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[ 2 ] Activity and Induftry, he foo
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[ 3 ] Church to the Dance. Mr. Chur
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[3 ] horns, and Shot-bags at their
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[3 ] parting advifed her what ever
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[4] mw^T'-Ponds; 26 knowing himfelf
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[4] Governours. He gave them an acc
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[5 ] our defired Mr. Church to give
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[5 J from Mr. Miles'^ Garrifon. And
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[5 ] received a fhot in his knee, a
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[6] the Bridge, and Caffey, the dir
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[6] they foon found to be true. The
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; [ 7 ] ther order concerning the F
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[8] divided among the Company, whic
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[8] Woods that the Track lead them
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[9] Volly of fifty or fixty Guns ;
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[ io] the Wall, being very hungry,
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[ io] Enemy, but to heap up Stones
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[ » nefs\ and would certainly fetc
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[ 12 ] was juft come over from the
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[ 12 ] Camp. Mr. Church, one Baxter
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[ 13 ] mouths diftreffes required S
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[ 13 ] hateful to Mr. Church, that
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[ *3 ] Governour Win/low to command
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[ i4] Army made their efcape into t
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[ H ] erals guard when the bloudy i
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[ i6] wounded a pair of Mittins, th
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[ '7 ] would kill more Men than the
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[ i» ] But the Generals great impo
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[ i8 ] skuffle they had, but the In
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[ 19] the Moofiags made a defcent u
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[ "9 ] for to them, being o.bferved
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[ 20] out Indians, they thought it
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[ 20 ] to Capt. John Almy's houfe 1
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[ « to joyn with their Quota's. 16
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[ 21 ] furff made fuch a noife agai
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[ »* ] Son Peter, their Chief Capt
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[ *3 ] fee him fo Refolute, nor if
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[ »4] Upon which there began a con
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[ 25 ] Sogkonate according to his d
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[ *5 ] dren's faft friend. And (by
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[ 26] had nothing but a miferable b
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[ *7 ] confent and advice, he retur
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[ 27 ] round Mr. Church, (where he
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[ a*] Mr. Church obtain'd the Major
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[ *8 ] worth' they went to Sandwich
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[ 2 9 ] but when they perceived the
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[3°] Knots and Tops, &c. was fired
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[3i ] {provided they be not Murdero
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[3i ] a Place called Munponfet-Pond
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[32 ] and wanting Provilions; fome
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; [32 ] a very famous Captain among
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[33 ] toward Cujhnet^ where all the
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[34] and left the Englifti ftwuld l
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[ 34 ] the place to meet at ; each
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[34] Church with Dillano & Bams hav
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[ 35 ] thro' the Swamp, and neither
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[36] emy came into the faid [36] Me
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[37 ] Tyasks Wife and Son, and thef
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